9:55 PM,
May 2, 2013

Randy Williams, president of Dandy Mini Marts Inc., delivers remarks at the opening of the company's second CNG fueling station on Thursday.

Written by

G. Jeffrey Aaron

Dandy Mini Marts, based in Sayre, opened its compressed natural gas, or CNG, fueling station in Athens on Thursday morning - the second of four CNG stations the company plans to open in the Twin Tiers.

The new station, located at 1131 Elmira St., joins Dandy Mini Marts' first CNG station, which opened in Towanda in January. A third station is scheduled to open later this year in Elmira, with the fourth slated for Mansfield sometime next year.

"I believe that for our company, the CNG stations will allow us to be a front-runner to convert vehicles, to evaluate efficiencies and payback, and to offer ...